Archive for the 'Animals' Category

puppy love

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Love comes to you in many different forms and you gotta know when to embrace it.

8 foot scorpion

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Well… finally a story about scorpions that I can write about. British Scientists found a fossil of a 8 foot scorpion….390 million years old, more proof you have little to worry about here in Yelapa.. ours are only an inch or so long.

leopard manta

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Daily we watch these mantas play close to the shore. The treat is when they jump! No worries about a “Steve Irwin incident” leave them be and they will do the same. The small sand ray is the more common sting… to increase your odds, shuffle your feet as you enter the shore.

aguila

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Here is one of the regular guests at Casa de los Arboles, often seen on the giant old tree.

gigante

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I was parked on the road above Boca, when the restaurant owner asked if I wanted fish. No… I replied but he wanted me to see it. I’m so glad I did! I sat there with my mouth wide open.. one of the largest fish I have ever seen!! He said it was called “turbina” [...]

paloma visits the upper cascada

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

The wonder dog, Paloma is doing great this summer and recently visited the upper falls. She has a number of other day trips planned in the near future.

hummingbird rescue

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

A good hearted friend of ours recently nursed this hummingbird back to health from a damaged wing. I couldn’t not take advantage of the photo op.

beetles

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

I found this out there in cyberspace…photo taken in Yelapa, Nature’s wonderland.

dumbo

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

why do you think we call him that?

racoon

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

a few weeks back I was working on an old water tank and found this beast inside…. ashes to ashes.

chichalaca

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Almost daily one of the first morning birds to arrive is the chichalaca. You either love or hate them. They make me laugh. Here is a quicktime so you can experience their call.

sultan

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Carla, front desk Queen at the Hotel Lagunita has a knack for hanging out with Mutts or should I say, Dogs with personality. Meet Sultan… ever so jealous and yet noble.

other visitors

Friday, March 9th, 2007

This week we had some other visitors… These have no head, brain, heart, eyes, nor ears and no bones, either. Give up? Jellyfish… the best precautions are to look at the shoreline before entering the water. If stung… the best thing to do is come to my office where I have a stash of cider [...]

silver foxes visit

Friday, March 9th, 2007

I usually don’t write much about scorpions or snakes or other tourism killers but this is too interesting to pass up. A few days back a silver fox ran into an unnamed casa and grabbed the pant leg of the resident, Another woman inside the casa helped and fended off the beast. Within minutes the [...]

brahma

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006